Ratchet tool-holder



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w. E; THAYER. RATGHET 001. HOLDER.

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Paten ted'Deo. 25, 1883.

ATTORNEY a UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM E. THAYER, OF \VILLIAMSBURG, MASSACHUSETTS.

RATCHET TOOL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,007, dated December25, 1883. Application filed July 18, 1883. (N0 model.)

ers, boring tools, &c.-the object being to provide in convenient form animproved toolholder of this class, combining with a handle a suitabletool-shank socket, ratchet devices, and a ratchet-case, as hereinafterset forth.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is anelevation of a ratchet tool holder embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 isa view partly in section on the line y 3 Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is an enlargedsectional view on the line as m, Fig.1. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views.

A is a handle, of the form usually used on screw-drivers and similartools.

B is a ratchet and tool-holder case, provided at one end with a suitablesocket to receive one end of handle A, the latter being secured thereinby a screw or pin, or in any other suitable manner. Said case B is madeof metal, and is providedwith a chamber of rectangular form, havingpivoted therein two vibratory pawls, 0 0, behind each of which aresprings 11, to force said pawls toward the center of said chamber. Acover, a, is secured on one side of said chamber, havi'ng therein aslide-button, d, to which, on the inside of said cover, is secureda-plate, a". By sliding said button on said cover, plate 00 is carriedagainst either one of the pawls 0 to swing it away from engagement withthe ratchet'teeth on the tool-holder e, and by leaving said button in acentral.position, as in Fig. 3, both of said pawls are in engagementwith said teeth and prevent the holder 6 from turning in eitherdirection in the case B; or, in other words, said pawls compel theholder 6 to rotate in either'direction when the case Bis turned.

A tool-holder, 6, having ratchet-teeth cut thereon, as shown in Figs. 2and '3, and provided with a socketin its outer end for receiving theordinary taper-square shank of the screw-driver f and other small tools,is fitted to rotate in the case B between the pawls 0. The inner end ofthe holder 6 is necked down and provided with a groove around it, and ascrew, 2, in case B, has its end projecting into said groove, wherebythe holder is retained in the case. i

The holder e is constructed from steel, to the end that theratchet-teeth thereon may be strong and durable, and that its socket endmay withstand,witho ut breaking, any torsional strain to which it may besubjected in use.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- In a tool-holder, the case B, providedwith means for securing the handle A thereto, and having a chambertherein, the t0ol-holder e, passing through the lower part of case B andits chamber in a line with the handle, and having ratchet-teeth formedthereon, the pawls 0 0, pivoted in the case-chamber on opposite sides ofthe tool-holder, the springs 22, located between the pawls and the sidesof the case, the plate as, and the slide-button d, all combined andoperating substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM E. THAYER.

\Vitnesses:

OLIVER WALKER, GEORGE L. METGALF.

